Filling the various fire camps will be a top priority of the new Warden at Sierra Conservation Center.
As reported first last week, Heidi Lackner has been appointed to the
top position at the state prison outside of Jamestown. "The huge
challenge we have right now is trying to fill our camp beds to sustain
our fire camp operation," she says. "We currently have 280 empty camp
beds, and our camps run from Placer County all the way down to the
Southern California border. We're working hard as a team to get inmate
firefighters classified, and trained, to be out in our camps."
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